History of YAL

Highlighting The History of Young Adult Literature: YAL Timeline Groups

Directions: For your particular segment of the timeline, you and your group members will draw upon this week's reading to post and highlight the important points, authors, titles, theories, events, etc., related to the history of young adult literature. Keep the larger historical context in mind as well. In addition to text, you are welcome to include images, links, a digital timeline, and additional information or resources you feel are relevant and helpful. Keep in mind that you are on the clock, so work quickly and efficiently! Put your group members' names on your wiki page! [ 1 GROUP OF 3; 4 GROUPS OF 2]

Group 1: Middle Ages - 18th C - 1700's YAL -- Jenna + Kirsten

Group 2: 19th C - 1800's YAL -- Jen + Rebecca

Group 3: 20th C - 1900-1940 YAL -- Jon + Jessica

Group 4: 1940's - 1950's YAL -- Heather + Robyn

Group 5: 1960's - Present and Future YAL -- Kaitlin + Sameerah

Follow Up Questions:

(a) What does Wadham & Ostenson’s Ch. 1 “Young Adult Literature” add to the history of YAL for us / for you? What about the CNN YAL History post?

• simpler definition of YAL;
• myths associated with YAL, myths that we, as ELA teachers will need to work against!

(b) What, if anything, is missing from the history / histories provided?

• diverse texts, voices, perspectives;
• fantasy and science-fiction;
• Frankenstein;
• space trilogy, fantasy trilogy A Wrinkle in Time;
• Phantom Tollbooth
• eReaders / ebooks
• fan fiction
• continuations of other series
• graphic novels and comics
• cyborgs -- influence of technology
• historical events -- impact of important historical events on YAL, especially considerations of YAL historical fiction
• representation of diverse voices for historical perspective and integration of historical perspective

Supplementing the History of Young Adult Literature from Nilsen et al:

CNN Report - A Brief History of Young Adult Literature by Allison Strickland - 4-15-2015

Epic Reads - A Brief History of Young Adult Books - 2-19-2015

History of Comics and Graphic Narratives Resources

The Tesseract: A Madeleine L'Engle Annotated Bibliography -- The Fiction of Madeleine L'Engle

NPR Essay via Norton Juster author of The Phantom Tollbooth on the novel's 50th Anniversary - 10-25-2011